Commissions Quotes

35 quotes by 33 authors

Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep… — Jean Cocteau
Money is like fire, an element as little troubled by moralizing as earth, air and water. Men can employ it as a tool or they… — Lewis H. Lapham
If we do not halt this steady process of building commissions and regulatory bodies and the special legislation like huge inverted pyramids over every one… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
It takes a lot more to run a good business than just trailing commissions or kickbacks otherwise everybody would succeed, wouldn't they? — John Ilhan
The average person canâ€™t really trust anybody. They canâ€™t trust a broker, because the broker is interested in churning commissions. They canâ€™t trust a mutual… — Seth Klarman
I don't work to any commissions. I do what I want to do. — Roddy Doyle
Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone. — Gautama Buddha
It is subversive to set up inquisitions like this, state or national, into the thoughts and consciences of Americans. . . . It is subversive… — Florence Luscomb
Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, to what you have done… — Gautama Buddha
It seems dangerous to be a portrait artist who does commissions for clients because everyone wants to be flattered, so they pose in such a… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
Financial planners who take commissions have a built-in conflict of interest...even with disclosure, my choice would be a Fee-Only planner. — Jane Bryant Quinn
Thereâ€™s no card, business card, better than a compact disc for a composer. It doesnâ€™t half impress people and they get a long way on… — Peter Maxwell Davies
The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out of a proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which, a good thing may… — Joseph Addison
If you want people to perform better, you reward them, right? Bonuses, commissions, their own reality show. Incentivize them. ... But that's not happening here.… — Daniel H. Pink
They really canâ€™t afford to be contrarians. A major investment house canâ€™t afford to do research for five customers who wonâ€™t generate a lot of… — Peter Cundill
Profit by your own mistakes and profit by the mistakes of others. The referees were calling ball handling violations like they were getting commissions. — John Kessel
The greatest success is creating whatever you want without conditions. I don't do commissions unless I really want to, because it's like having a job. — Richard MacDonald
I don't do commissions and I like the freedom to create what my heart or mind tells me to. — Richard MacDonald
The Bush administration, they had two blue ribbon commissions about infrastructure finance that recommended a lot more money, and additionally the gas tax being increased.… — Ray LaHood
To the second end, we hold that minimum wage commissions should be established in the Nation and in each State to inquire into wages paid… — Theodore Roosevelt

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